It's not really been necessary to do it until now since some gameplay mechanics just get in the way of testing and debugging, but I have now coded the, er, code that detects 'dangerous' scenery around the player and drains energy if touched. The main 'obstacles' in the various levels are mushrooms and pools of green slime and if they are walked upon, energy is subtracted.
I've tried to be fair however; the detection is quite 'loose' and you can jump up near or through such scenery without being penalised, with the energy drain only occurring if the player directly walks on such scenery. However, on some levels the mushrooms may be 'reversed' chars and appear only as silhouettes amongst other scenery; they can be quite difficult to spot in the heat of the action and will probably annoy those who go charging around without stopping, looking and thinking!
Here's how it looks in action (the animation below also showcases the first outing of the girl player, who is now selectable from the title screen!):
The scenery collision detection reuses values calculated from the gravity subroutine so checks what is underneath the players feet. There is a bit of a cheat going on - the subroutine is not checking the mushrooms directly, but 'special' chars underneath the mushrooms that trigger the collision!
Next diary entry coming soon...
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